Skepta wins the 2016 Mercury Prize

Skepta walked away with the 2016 Hyundai Mercury Prize.

The MC saw off competition from The 1975, Laura Mvula, David Bowie, Radiohead and Michael Kiwanuka to win the £20,000 prize.

As part of the award's new format the prize's original shortlist was cut from 12 albums to six on the night, with Kano, Jamie Woon, Savages, Bat For Lashes, Anohni and The Comet Is Coming not making the final six.

Among the judges for this year's prize were Wolf Alice singer Ellie Roswell, Jessie Ware, Pulp mainman Jarvis Cocker and producer Naughty Boy. The prize was won in 2015 by Benjamin Clementine.